In the last list of the top Chess players we published, we ranked the best Luxembourger Chess players. Now in this article, we’re ranking the best South Korean Chess players from South Korea, starting with the number ten spot in FIDE. All of the players in this list are Grandmasters with an Elo rating over 2500. For more information on ratings, see the guide on how to get a FIDE rating. Saebyeok Kim was accredited with the title of Candidate’s Master. From 2014 to 2018, Saebyeok Kim has played 26 games; with 10 wins, 4 draws, and 12 losses accumulating to an average winning score of 46.15 percent. He has since played in various tournaments, including; 43rd Olympiad 2018, the 42nd Olympiad 2016, and the 41st Olympiad Open 2014. Georgiy Li is yet to be accorded either of the FIDE titles. From 2001 to 2012, Georgiy Li played a total of 31 games; with 10 wins, 3 draws, and 18 losses accumulating to an average winning score of 37.1 percent. He has since played in various tournaments, including; the 6th Agzamov Memorial 2012, 5th Agzamov Mem 2011, 3rd Georgi Agzamov Mem 2009, and Agzamov mem 2007. Kyungseok Lee hasn’t been presented with the FIDE titles. From 2015 to 2021, Kyungseok Lee played 28 games; with 9 wins, 8 draws, and 11 losses accumulating to an average score of 36.21 percent. some of the tournaments he played include; the 9th CSC London Chess Classic: 2017 FIDE Open in London, and the 5th HDBank cup international open chess tournament in 2015. Yunseo Kim has played a couple of games from 2018 to 2019 totaling 14 games; 2 wins, 6 draws, and 6 losses accounting for a winning score of 35.71 percent. The tournaments he last played include; the 30th Czech Open A 2019 and World Youth Open U16 2018. Jinsoo Kim was crowned the title of Candidate Master in 2020. In the 34 games, he has played from 2017 to 2019, he has won 5, 17 draws, and 12 losses, thus earning a winning score of 39.71 percent. Some of the last tournaments he played include; Orbis 4 IM 2019 in Serbia, Orbis 3 IM 2019 in Serbia, 30th Czech Open 2019 in the Czech Republic, and 9th HD Bank Cup 2019 in Vietnam. Sung Ho Yim is yet to be accorded the FIDE titles. From 2016 to 2019, he played a total of 43 games; 9 wins, 15 draws, and 19 losses equaling an average winning score of 38.37 percent. He competed in several notable tournaments like, 85th Southwest Open 2019, Pan-Am Intercollegiate2018, UT Dallas Fall Open 2018, and 84th Southwest Open 2018 all being played in the United States. Sehyun Kwon was granted the title of FIDE Master in 2005. From 2016 to 2019. Sehyun Kwon has played a total of 48 tournaments; with 12 wins, 6 draws, and 30 losses accumulating to an average winning score of 31.25 percent. He has competed in some notable tournaments such as; the 9th HD Bank Cup 2019 in Viet Nam, the 43rd Olympiad 2018 in Georgia, 57th World Juniors 2018 in Turkey, and the 8th HD Bank Cup 2018 in Viet Nam. Hongjin Ahn was accorded the International Master title in 2018. Hongjin Ahn has played a total of 9 tournaments; for which he achieved 5 wins, 1 draw, and 3 losses accumulating an average winning score of 61.11 percent. Notable tournaments he has competed in during that period include; the 30th Czech Open A 2019 in the Czech Republic. Hongjin Ahn Repertoire played with White pieces and performed in various openings which include; King’s Indian, Makagonov system- 2 games, English opening -1 game, English, symmetrical variation-1 game, and English, symmetrical variation- 1 game. He played Repertoire with Black pieces and performed well. The games include; Reti opening-1 game, Queen’s pawn- game, Sicilian defense- 1 game, and Scandinavian defense-1 game. Jun Hyeok Lee was accorded the title of FIDE Master title in 2014, and the International Master title in 2014. He played a total of 126 tournaments from 2014 to 2019, performing averagely by winning 48, drawing 43, and losing 35 in those games thus averaging a winning score of 55.16 percent. Jun competed in notable tournaments including; Orbis 4 GM 2019 in Serbia, Orbis 3 GM 2019 in Serbia, 26th Abu Dhabi Master 2019 in the United Arab Emirates, and 52nd Biel Master Open 2019 in Switzerland. Alexey Kim was accorded the title of Grandmaster in 2004, the International Master title in 2001, and the title of FIDE Master in 2000. He has a FIDE rating of 2465 as of July 2022 and a Peak rating of 2488 as of June 2013. Alexey Kim represented his country in the Chess Olympiads in 2008 after shifting nationality. He has competed in a total of 410 games from 1997 to 2022. In those tournaments, he has emerged victorious in 137, drawn 153, and Lost 120 equivalent to a winning score of 52.07 percent. recent tournaments he competed in include TCh-RUS HL 2022, World Blitz 2019, World Rapid 2019, and TCh-RUS HL 2019; with all the tournaments being played in the Russian Federation. Kim frequently plays the following chess openings; Four Knights, Scotch, and the Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack. That concludes the list of the best South Korean Chess players. If you like list posts like this, you may also be interested in seeing the ten best Kazakh Chess players or the best Mongolian Chess players. “Ethnic Korean Chess Grandmaster Comes Home”. The Chosun Ilbo. 2008-11-28. Retrieved 2018-05-15. Jump up to:a b Di Felice, Gino (2017-11-22). Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016. McFarland. p. 161. ISBN 9781476671321. “Seven players share first place in Vienna Chess Open”. Chessdom. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2019-02-18. 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